sustenance! By Allah, ye shall
certainly be called to account for your false inventions.

P: And they assign a portion of that which We have given them unto what
they know not. By Allah! but ye will indeed be asked concerning (all)
that ye used to invent.

S: And they set apart for what they do not know a portion of what We
have given them. By Allah, you shall most certainly be questioned about
that which you forged.

016.057
Y: And they assign daughters for Allah! - Glory be to Him! - and for
themselves (sons,- the issue) they desire!

P: And they assign unto Allah daughters - Be He Glorified! - and unto
themselves what they desire;

S: And they ascribe daughters to Allah, glory be to Him; and for
themselves (they would have) what they desire.

016.058
Y: When news is brought to one of them, of (the birth of) a female
(child), his face darkens, and he is filled with inward grief!

P: When if one of them receiveth tidings of the birth of a female, his
face remaineth darkened, and he is wroth inwardly.

S: And when a daughter is announced to one of them his face becomes
black and he is full of wrath.

016.059
Y: With shame does he hide himself from his people, because of the bad
news he has had! Shall he retain it on (sufferance and) contempt, or
bury it in the dust? Ah! what an evil (choice) they decide on?

P: He hideth himself from the folk because of the evil of that whereof
he hath had tidings, (asking himself): Shall he keep it in contempt, or
bury it beneath the dust. Verily evil is their judgment.

S: He hides himself from the people because of the evil of that which is
announced to him. Shall he keep it with disgrace or bury it (alive) in
the dust? Now surely evil is what they judge.

016.060
Y: To those who believe not in the Hereafter, applies the similitude of
evil: to Allah applies the highest similitude: for He is the Exalted in
Power, full of Wisdom.

P: For those who believe not in the Hereafter is an evil similitude, and
Allah's is the Sublime Similitude. He is the Mighty, the Wise.

S: For those who do not believe in the hereafter is an evil attribute,
and Allah's is the loftiest attribute; and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

016.061
Y: If Allah were to punish men for their wrong-doing, He would not
leave, on the (earth), a single living creature: but He gives them
respite for a stated Term: When their Term expires, they would not be
able to delay (the punishment) for a single hour, j